Comments | deponti: ENGLISH IS A CONTRARY TONGUE...IT AIN'T VERY TRARY!

deponti

ENGLISH IS A CONTRARY TONGUE...IT AIN'T VERY TRARY!

Sep 21, 2006 20:36

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One of the problems that faced me as I learnt the English language was the contrariness of words and their opposites. I was fine with "interesting" being the opposite of "uninteresting" (I hope this piece of mine is the former and not the latter) and "amoral" being the opposite of "moral". But then I started getting into hot water. I ( Read more... )

humour, usage, language, spellings, opposite

Comments 24

Hilarious knutties September 21 2006, 17:08:27 UTC

Absolutely hilarious. Posting a link on my blog (http://knutties.livejournal.com/30910.html), even though most of my friends are yours too. My uncle just became cle and un-inhabitable is in a class of its own.

Re: Hilarious deponti September 22 2006, 05:10:31 UTC

Hey, that IS a big compliment..thank you very much! Anyone can put that post together, I just strung up the words...so I am more than a little telligent...

Re: Hilarious ext_447651 March 2 2011, 08:10:10 UTC

Hi Deepa,

Came across this link while browsing through your blog (something I find enjoyable).

In the beginning of the article, you said "I found that I was quite inept at getting the correct words to signify the opposite of some terms...and needed to get more ept". I thought of finding out if I am quite "ept" at getting such words. However, I put a stop to the thoughts, for I feared that my attempt at verse would rather turn out to be an adverse inverse. ;o)

Thoroughly enjoyed the article. Thanks.

With regards,
Madhukar

Re: Hilarious deponti March 2 2011, 08:37:08 UTC

OOH, an unexpected compliment is very sweet indeed...thanks, Madhukar...and I think you should try, too; we'll both have a hearty laugh!

suzan_s September 21 2006, 23:58:59 UTC

OMG please let me stop laughing hard enough to type!!! Oh, that is a classic! Surely there are LOTS of markets that would publish that one.

By the way, I just saw the news about the terrible storm in India....I hope you and yours are all safe and unharmed.

deponti September 22 2006, 04:57:35 UTC

thank you for the compliment, Suz!

The storm was in the Kolkata area, that's the east of India. We live in South India...about 1500 miles away. But we will be donating to the relief fund if there is one. Seasonal droughts and floods do play havoc with our country, though certainly Bangaladesh is even worse in this respect.

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deponti September 22 2006, 04:58:05 UTC

thank you!

sunson September 22 2006, 04:17:28 UTC

ROTFL! inspite of my heavy work schedules, I forced myself to take a break and read this post... and man, you are a riot! :)

deponti September 22 2006, 04:59:00 UTC

I do know about your awful work schedule lately. Missed you very much last weekend as the concerts were excellent.

vyshnavi September 22 2006, 05:51:45 UTC

Got here from knutties. Fantastic post :D

Adding you, hope that is okay!

deponti September 22 2006, 11:12:23 UTC

since I think adding me as a friend is a compliment, thank you, and welcome! I often do visit your LJ through mutual friends... and that is SUCH a beautiful userpic! The mischief and the innocence in that face...ha, would I dare to make such a personal comment if I were face to face?

vyshnavi September 22 2006, 11:29:47 UTC

Oh my lj is mostly friend-only, you should be able to view more stuff now.

Thanks for the compliment by adding me back ;)

And...thanks for the compliment about the userpic :) face-to-face, my appearance has changed too much for such a compliment :D